The Conviction of the Holy Spirit
Weekly Reading
Monday: Luke 21
Tuesday: Leviticus 19
Wednesday: Leviticus 20
Thursday: Luke 22
Friday: Luke 23
Saturday: Psalm 52-55, Proverbs 12
Sunday: 2 Chronicles 6-19
Tuesday: Leviticus 19
Wednesday: Leviticus 20
Thursday: Luke 22
Friday: Luke 23
Saturday: Psalm 52-55, Proverbs 12
Sunday: 2 Chronicles 6-19
Discussion Questions
- Did the Holy Spirit highlight anything specific to you from the passage or the sermon?
- What are the things in verses 8-11 that Christ says the Spirit will accomplish? The Spirit will convict of sin, righteousness, and judgment.
- What does it look like when the Spirit does these things in a person?
- What has been a time in your life that you have experienced these convictions?
- Have you ever tried to convict someone of these things? How did it go? Why do you think it went that way?
- Verse 12 says, “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.” Russ used the illustration of kids bearing the understanding of heavier things and them having to wait. What does this look like to a Christian? Have you experienced moments of understanding in life later on that felt similar to verse 12?
3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?
Sermon Notes
Key Passage: John 16:4b-15
John 6:44
Isaiah 64:6
Luke 18:9-14
Philippians 3:8-9
John 12:31-36
The Holy Spirit will convict the world of its sin
The Holy Spirit will convict the world of its righteousness
The Holy Spirit will convict the world of its judgment
"Worldliness is that system of values, in any given age, which has at its center our fallen human perspective, which displaces God and his truth from the world, and which makes sin look normal and righteousness seem strange." -David Wells, Losing Our Virtue
“The disciples in John 16 do not fall into precisely these errors of imbalance. Nevertheless, their conduct has one thing in common with such deficient representations of Christianity: something other than Jesus himself and all that he is and says receives primary attention. The other things in question may be worthy, good, and even necessary: who, after all, would demean personal experience, sacrificial service, or firm commitment to truth? Yet if these good and essential things displace the centrality of Jesus Christ in our worship, empathy, and commitment, we come close to prostituting the good news of Jesus and following the disciples' sorry example." -D.A. Carson, The Farewell Discourse and Final Prayer of Jesus
John 6:44
Isaiah 64:6
Luke 18:9-14
Philippians 3:8-9
John 12:31-36
The Holy Spirit will convict the world of its sin
The Holy Spirit will convict the world of its righteousness
The Holy Spirit will convict the world of its judgment
"Worldliness is that system of values, in any given age, which has at its center our fallen human perspective, which displaces God and his truth from the world, and which makes sin look normal and righteousness seem strange." -David Wells, Losing Our Virtue
“The disciples in John 16 do not fall into precisely these errors of imbalance. Nevertheless, their conduct has one thing in common with such deficient representations of Christianity: something other than Jesus himself and all that he is and says receives primary attention. The other things in question may be worthy, good, and even necessary: who, after all, would demean personal experience, sacrificial service, or firm commitment to truth? Yet if these good and essential things displace the centrality of Jesus Christ in our worship, empathy, and commitment, we come close to prostituting the good news of Jesus and following the disciples' sorry example." -D.A. Carson, The Farewell Discourse and Final Prayer of Jesus
Resources
The Farewell Discourse and Final Prayer of Jesus, by D.A. Carson
Audio book available for free through Hoopla at the Charleston County Library
https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12004196
Audio book available for free through Hoopla at the Charleston County Library
https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12004196
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